FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s brother, Warren “Warnie” Hamilton Lewis was born today (6/16) in 1895. He wrote books on French History. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We want the Church to be small not only that fewer men may know the Enemy but also that those who do may acquire the uneasy …
CSL Daily 6/15
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s appointment at Magdalen College at Oxford officially began on this day (6/15) in 1925 and lasted there three decades. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, …
CSL Daily 6/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford in June, 1923, beginning his exams today (14th). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
CSL Daily 6/13
FACT OF THE DAY: The seventh Screwtape letter was published today (6/13) in The Guardian in 1941. Mentions “Materialist Magician.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape States: “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy [i.e. God], are to be encouraged.” The Screwtape Letters VII (Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941)
CSL Daily 6/12
FACT OF THE DAY: An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from …
CSL Daily 6/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Science-Fiction Cradlesong is a revised poem by Lewis published today (6/11) in 1954 under a different title in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If we are made for heaven, the desire for our proper place will be already in us, but not yet attached to …
CSL Daily 6/10
FACT OF THE DAY: The U.K. edition of Letters to an American Lady was published in June, 1969 (it was first published in the U.S. on 12/19/1967). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I can obey advice from others which I have often given myself in vain.” Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/10/1952 (Published in The …
CSL Daily 6/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Released today (6/9) in 1966 – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. It collects various essays by Lewis on the specialized topic. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to …
CSL Daily 6/8
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Weight of Glory,” Lewis’s most famous sermon was preached on this day (6/8) in 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself.” The Weight of …
CSL Daily 6/7
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Morte D’Arthur” by Lewis was published today (6/7) in 1947 in the Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve always seen the worst of.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/7/1930 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, …